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I Cannot Deal With Your
Psycho BehaviorApril 17

From one Indian city to another, the
wacky Racers went from Kolkata to Varanasi. Jet & Cord (Team Cowboy
Bebop) goofed and got on a flight an hour behind the other six teams,
but their fast feet while looking for holy men and the "meaning of life"
kept them alive. The teams faced a DETOUR where they could either help
put food in buffalo mouths... or make fuel patties out of the stuff
coming out the OTHER end. In the end, "Flight Time" & "Big Easy" (aka
Herb & Nate, Team Trotters) went from worst to first... and Ron &
Christina (Team Who's Your Daddy) were kicked out. Six teams remain to
get the million they missed out on before... who will be Philiminated
next?!?

PIT STOP #7
RAMNAGAR FORT
RAMNAGAR, INDIA
0207 LOCAL TIME

With "Sweet Georgia Brown" in their heads
and smiles on their faces, Team Trotters rip open the first clue of Leg
8:

ROUTE INFO

FLY TO VIENNA,
AUSTRIA!

Fly nearly 3900 miles to the city
of Vienna, Austria. When you land, go to the parking garage and
choose a (PRODUCT PLACEMENT ALERT) 2012 Ford (TM) Focus.
You'll see your next clue on the windshield.

(Use one of the listed travel
agencies to book your flight, as Varanasi Airport does not sell
tickets.)

(Mallory knows full well
that Leg 8 was where they bought it last time they Raced; they hope to
do better this time. And Jet says the line of the Race so far: "We're
tired of playing 'cowboys and Indians'.")

Herb & Nate discover at "Akbar
Travel" that the quickest route to Austria is connecting from Delhi and
arriving in Vienna at 6am. They ask about another connection and the
agent says going from Delhi to Mumbai (aka Bombay) to Vienna will arrive
25 minutes earlier. But, of course, the connections are FAIRLY tight.
Still, they and the arrived Zev & Justin decide to book those flight.
Meanwhile, at "Trailblazer", Kisha & Jen get the same info and book it
as Gary & Mallory arrive. Kisha jokes that the father and daughter want
a late-arriving flight instead. When Jet & Cord arrive at "Akbar", THEY
decide on the LATER flight, figuring the average flight delay that
they've seen in this country. Kent & Vyxsin go to "Trailblazer" and book
the same flight as all the others. Once again, the cowboys are on a
later flight than the rest of the teams.

VARANASI
AIRPORT
VARANASI, INDIA

The sun comes up on the
religious heart of India as ten Americans board the first flight to
Delhi. Team Cowboy Bebop are on a later flight. The connections go
smoothly and all the teams travel for nearly 24 hours (arriving on time)
to go from the heat of India to the cooler climates of...

VIENNA,
AUSTRIA

In the home of the waltz and
nearly 25% of the population of the country, ten Americans bolt out of
the plane in the pre-dawn hours. They sprint to their cars and Team
Dating Goths are the first to read this:

ROUTE INFO

GET INTO GEAR!

Climb into your new 2012 Ford
(TM) Focus and Phil will tell you what you need to know.

And Phil's message:

"Hi, teams. You'll be
getting your next clue from the new 'My Ford Touch' system. So to figure
out where to go to next, simply put your car into reverse to
automatically activate the back-up camera. By the way,... the winners of
this Leg of the Race will also win the 2012 Ford Focus! That's one Ford
Focus for EACH of you! So get to work!"

Kent puts it in reverse and
Vyxsin writes down the words in the camera: "Schloss Schallaburg". As
they figure out it's a Renaissance castle located in the valley of
Wachau (about 50 miles away), Team Puzzle Pieces and Team Cardinal
Sisters find their own cars. They is quickly followed by Team KY/Dad and
Team Trotters. They all get their clues... except Gary & Mallory, who
seem to be missing the clue Phil was telling them. And that's when Jet &
Cord's flight arrives. Before the cowboys can get to their car, the
father and daughter see the reverse letters in the pavement and know
what's going on. They leave JUST as Jet & Cord arrive at the car.

Zev & Justin stop for a map
and to be shown where Schloss Schallabarg is. As they leave, Kent &
Vyxsin and Kisha & Jen get the same directions. at the same place. Nate
& Herb go to a hotel for directions while Gary & Mallory and Jet & Cord
go to the SAME gas station as the others to get the way to:

SCHLOSS
SCHALLABURG
VALLEY OF WACHAU, AUSTRIA

Team Puzzle Pieces are the
first to the castle, where a fair maiden in the typical cone hat of
medieval times waves them to the second floor. They climb and receive a
book with directions on it: "Librarian Prunksaal, Österreichische
Nationalbibliothek, Wein" (German for "Prunksall Building, Austrian
National Library, Vienna"). Apparently, the teams are to deliver these
books TO said library in the Hafburg Palace back in Vienna. They grab
the book and get back to the car... just as just about everyone else was
showing up. Team Cardinal Sisters and Team Dating Goths are next to get
the books. Team Trotters get the book as the sun comes up, followed
closely by Team KY/Dad and Team Cowboy Bebop.

Once again, Kent gets him
and Vyxsin lost on the freeway...and, once again, they argue about it.

NATIONAL LIBRARY
HAFBURG PALACE
VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Zev & Justin more or less
stumble upon the Hafburg and bolt in. As Kisha & Jen follow, the friends
look around for someone to give the clue to. They find a friendly
librarian who takes the book and places it on the shelf, taking a clue
from the spot first. The clue is handed to them and it says:

DETOUR

LONG HARD WALK or
QUICK AND EASY MEAL?

LONG HARD WALK: Travel to the
Freud Museum, the former house and office of Dr. Sigmund Freud. Take
a marked analyst couch and transport it one mile by foot to the
University of Vienna, where Freud once studied and later lectured.
Once you deliver the couch to the designated room, the helper there
will hand you your next clue. You must NOT get physical help from
anybody in moving the couch, though you may ask for directions.

QUICK AND EASY MEAL: Travel to
the Wiener Riesenrad, a giant Ferris wheel made famous in the Orson
Wells film "The Third Man". Each of you will pick up a two-course
local meal and enter one of the dining cars on the wheel. While the
wheel makes a 12-minute rotation and traditional Austrian music
plays, both of you must eat the entire meal. If you succeed, you
will receive your next clue from the musician. If you both fail to
eat the entire meal before the car returns to the ground, you must
each pick up another meal and try again.

Zev & Justin decide for the
QUICK AND EASY MEAL and heads on their way, while the two sisters get
THEIR clue and decide to do the same. The Goths and the b-ballers both
arrive at the same time and proceed to get to the DETOUR together, with
the father-and-daughter team right on their tails. But it's Gary &
Mallory who arrive at the librarian first and choose QUICK AND EASY
MEAL. Team Dating Goths and Team Trotters get separated and Herb & Nate
decide on the LONG HARD WALK. They direct Kent & Vyxsin to the right
door and THEY get the DETOUR clue, ALSO deciding to move the couch. Jet
& Cord arrive in last some time later and decide on LONG HARD WALK as
well.

WIENER RIESENRAD
VIENNA, AUSTRIA

At the over-100-year-old
ferris wheel, Team Cardinal Sisters and Team Puzzle Pieces arrive. They
grab their meals (which appear to be a breaded chicken beast and thigh
and a piece of chocolate cake) and head for the wheel. The girls are
first to start chomping down, followed by the boys who follow Yoda's
advice of "do...there is no try". Halfway through, it doesn't look like
EITHER team has made significant headway, though Zev is feeling a second
wind as he belches. Unfortunately, when Kisha & Jen's car hits bottom,
they haven't finished their dessert. Since they have NO intention of
eating another meal, they switch to LONG HARD WALK and head for the
Freud Museum.

They pass Team KY/Dad who
are heading towards the wheel, but get very little info about how much
food they have to eat. Despite the "second wind", Zev & Justin fail to
finish in time and likewise do a "self U-TURN". When THEY pass Gary &
Mallory, though, they tell the father/daughter team that they COMPLETED
it, thus making them more nervous. Still, Mallory dug into it
like...well, like a retired beauty queen who didn't CARE about her
weight anymore.

SIGMUND FREUD MUSEUM
VIENNA, AUSTRIA

At one of the three Freud
museums in the world (one's in London and the other in the Czech
Republic), Herb & Nate climb the steps and find the couch. Fortunately,
the couch came with a small wheeled dolly with which the men could place
it on and ROLL it to the U of V...which they do. As they leave the
museum, Kent & Vyxsin arrive for THEIR couch. But they MISS the dolly
and just heft the couch down the sidewalks. They pass Team Cardinal
Sisters en route, and the girls feel like upchucking their stomachfuls
of food on the nice couch.

Four minutes to go and Gary
& Mallory don't seem to be doing well. Better than the OTHER teams
but...Mallory's losing her will. Gary doesn't seem to be picking up the
slack, either. Sure enough, when they hit bottom, they still have food
on their plate. Looks like EVERYONE will be moving couches now...though
Gary rejects Mallory's idea of doing some impromptu bulimia action and
trying again.

Team Trotters abandon the
dolly on the slick streets and "Flight Time" puts it over his own
shoulder by himself, covers and sheets nearly covering his face. Team
Dating Goths have a bit of a time with it but seem to make good time.
Jen seems concerned about getting snow and slush on the sheets but Kisha
says the clue didn't say the couch had to be CLEAN. Team Puzzle Pieces
arrives at the museum and feel nauseous themselves. Herb puts it back ON
the dolly to navigate the more open streets while Kent & Vyxsin STILL
don't see their dolly. Team Cardinal Sisters get their dolly stuck in
the salt used to de-ice the sidewalks...and Team Puzzle Pieces note Team
Cowboy Bebop making their way TO the museum. The cow-bros get their
second wind and sprint to the museum, knowing they're back in the main
pack.

UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Team Trotters are the first
to get to the Univeristy and delivers the couch. As such, they are the
first to depart the DETOUR with this clue to guide them:

ROUTE INFO

DRIVE YOURSELVES TO
THE CITY OF SALZBURG!

Return to your Ford Focus and
drive nearly 200 miles to the Old Town district of Salzburg,
Austria. Once there, find the Sternbrau Restaurant where you'll find
your next clue.

As Nate & Herb get back in
their car and shake their heads at the people who thought they were nuts
hauling a couch through the streets, Team Dating Goths STILL argue with
each other. Zev & Justin don't notice their dolly wheel having the
comforter stuck in it...but they DO notice Jet & Cord fight their way
through the crowds with their couch while Gary & Mallory arrive to get
THEIRS. Kent & Vyxsin finally arrive at the University and drop off the
couch. They leave the DETOUR in second and run into Kisha & Jen arriving
in third. Team Puzzle Pieces and Team Cowboy Bebop arrive at the
college... but the friends go up the wrong staircase, allowing the
cow-bros to finish the DETOUR in fourth. Zev & Justin find their
bearings and leave in fifth, with Team KY/Dad arriving in last. Now all
six teams (with Kent & Vyxsin arguing like a married couple) start the
three-hour-plus drive to:

SALZBURG,
AUSTRIA

At the home city of Mozart
and the setting to The Sound of Music, a couple of "globe
trotters" arrive at the Sternbrau Restaurant. Team Trotters open the
clue in front and run into a:

ROADBLOCK

WHO'S FEELING AS
LUCKY AS LUCKY CAN BE?

Chimney sweeping is a
time-honored occupation in Salzburg. In many European cultures,
seeing a chimney sweep is a sign of good fortune. You will dress in
a chimney sweep outfit, follow your head sweep to a building, climb
to the roof and use a special weighted cleaning tool to sweep out
the chimney. When the head sweep has judged you have cleaned it out
correctly, you must head down to the clean-out door (where the soot
and ashes settle after a cleaning) and find your next clue inside
it.

(Great...first "Jurassic
Park" and now "Mary Poppins"? Is Paramont trying to rile ALL its
competitors?! What's next, rattling FOX with a "Star Wars" refer... oh,
wait...they did that a few Races ago...never mind.)

"Big Easy" Nate chooses to
do this. It's a bit of a tight fit inside the outfit, but he DOES make
it look good. As other teams arrive in the sity and look for the
restaurant, Nate learns how to clean out the chimney from his head sweep
and gets to work. Three times, he lowers the weighted tool all the way
down into the chimney. Three times, he lifts it back out briskly,
knocking the soot and ash from the sides. The head sweep nods his
approval and leads him to the clean-out door. The soot SPRINGS out of
the door...but Nate's only concern is the yellow envelope inside, which
he grabs and, with it and with a thanks to the head sweep, sprints back
to the restaurant.

Take your Ford Focus and drive to
Villa Trapp, the famous home of the Von Trapp Family Singers
(immortalized in The Sound of Music). The main sitting room
inside is the PIT STOP of this Leg of the Race.

WARNING! The last team to
check-in MAY BE ELIMINATED!

Team Trotters bolt, Zev
sweeps and Team Cardinal Sisters and Team Dating Goths arrive at the
clue box. Kisha and Vyxsin decide to do the task. As Zev finishes and
heads for the clean-out door, Vxysin and Kisha start. Team Puzzle Pieces
get directions to the Villa Trapp (something Herb & Nate passed up in
leiu of speed) and head off. The girls finish their sweeping and their
teams depart. Some time later, Jet & Cord arrive and Cord decides he's
feeling as lucky as Mary Chapin Carpenter. Seeing as how he works with
ropes fairly often, hauling a weight on a rope is no big deal.

Two men feel a RE (a drop of
golden sun) on their shoulders as they sprint FA (a long, long way to
run) into the Villa, stop in front of Phil and a local and hear
something more beautiful than "LA" (a note to follow SO):

"Zev & Justin,...you are
Team # 1!"

And, in case you forgot,
they EACH get a Ford Focus just like the one they've been driving
through Austria, complete with SYNCH and "My Ford Touch System"! And,
hey, the cars are right outside if you want to check 'em out. They do...
and they LOVE 'em!

"Flight Time" & "Big Easy"
arrive as Team # 2...and Nate is disappointed, almost as if saying "DOH!"
(a deer, a female deer)

As Cord fulfills the
ROADBLOCK and Gary starts it for Team KY/Dad, the other teams still
crawl their way to the PIT STOP. Vxysin all but says, "Listen to MI (a
name I call myself)" to Kent... and he does... and they're Team #3! (Vyxsin
says they should argue more often as this is the best they've been this
Race.)

As Gary finishes up, Jet &
Cord follow Kisha & Jen as closely as the eye of SO (a needle pulling
thread), figuring they just need to out-sprint the girls to the PIT
STOP. But they didn't: Team Cardinal Sisters are Team #4 and, once
again, Team Cowboy Bebop are in the rear of the pack as Team #5. But,
hey, I'm sure they can be civil and join each other for TI (a drink with
jam and bread).

Gary & Mallory arrive last
and Phil tells them they're...in the back of the pack...but NOT out of
the Race! It isn't a "gas-and-go" like the last two were, but it IS an
N.E.L. and Team KY/Dad are not going home yet! HOWEVER, unlike the last
two N.E.L.s, THIS time they'll HAVE to do a SPEED BUMP somewhere in the
next Leg. They've been given a THIRD chance, according to Mallory...and
"third time's the charm".

"...which then brings us
back to DOUGH"...as in a million dollars still up for grabs!